# How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers and Other Woodcuts — Character guide

> Key figures in How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers and Other Woodcuts by Robert Williams Wood.

- [The Gnu, the Newt](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/how_to_tell_the_birds_from_the_flowers_and_other_se/characters/the_gnu_the_newt.md): A pair of look-alike creatures humorously compared in verse.
- [The Doe, the Dodo](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/how_to_tell_the_birds_from_the_flowers_and_other_se/characters/the_doe_the_dodo.md): A deer and a dodo bird playfully mistaken for each other.
- [the Birds](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/how_to_tell_the_birds_from_the_flowers_and_other_se/characters/the_birds.md): Generic birds appearing as subjects of comparison with flowers.
- [the Tern](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/how_to_tell_the_birds_from_the_flowers_and_other_se/characters/the_tern.md): A seabird confused with a turnip in a whimsical poem.
- [The Harrier](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/how_to_tell_the_birds_from_the_flowers_and_other_se/characters/the_harrier.md): A bird of prey mistaken for a hare in verse.

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